With both floors and side channels now made, it is time to fit them to the car. So we postioned the car on the stands, and started fitting things together.
At the rear this involved reworking the radiator mounts, as the rads sit on the floor. We made the decision to actually use the radiator to [...]
Archive of entries posted on February 2010
Fitting up the new floors
Old Engine Strip
I’ve spent a few hours stripping all of the usuable parts out of my engine that went boom last year. As usual I’m both hugely surprised that these little engines stay together under the sort of loads we put on them, and be very impressed with the quality of the engineering.
Overall, apart from the casings, [...]
Progress Continues
Well progress on mouldings for the new side pods continues. Since my last post we’ve laid up the complete right hand floor , buck, mould and moulding.
So the usual process applied, which was. Make the buck out of a sheet of contiboard, with appropriate joints and upstands. The buck you’ll recall is an exact [...]